Video Thread 3/8/2021

 Posted by at 1:33 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Mar 082021
 

The Damage Report – Long-ish (under 6 minutes) but an important topic – and Ro Khanna.

Extremist military and veterans. I do apologize for no CC.

This is only a partial transcript.
Whoever coined the phrase “Once a Marine, always a Marine” did not have this in mind: A Marine Corps veteran using the Marine Corps flag to attack a Capitol police officer. Thomas Webster is one of more than 30 who have served in the military now charged with crimes at the Capitol.
“It doesn’t take an army to do what happened; it takes people with some skill set to lead those others,” said former FBI Agent Tom O’Connor, who spent two decades investigating extremists.
“Extremist elements in the United States have long tried to recruit former military and former law enforcement into their ranks for their skill set.”
And for the mindset of a culture trained to resort to violence when all else fails.
Army veteran Stewart Rhodes founded a group called Oath Keepers in 2009. “All you veterans out there, you’ve got to stand up,” he said in a video on the conspiracy theory-spreading website InfoWars. “Lead your local community in watching over their own backyards, over their own neighborhoods, and over their own towns.”

Now This News – The kids are all right.

Robert Reich on Guaranteed Income. (You know, the “work ethic” is really overrated. I have felt for decades that people who have wealth but choose to work just take jobs away from more needy – and often more competent – people.)

Trae on royalty. For a different take on the interview, check out this.  Though neither seems to be aware that royals, particularly those in the direct line, do work, and do pay taxes.

The quote to be carved in stone on the exterior of the Obama Presidential Library has been chosen.

Is someone in the Biden administration watching Beau’s videos?

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Video Thread 3/4/2021

 Posted by at 1:22 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Mar 042021
 

Really American

And with Glenn Kirschner

Meidas Touch (probably too subtle for Qidiots to grasp.)

Now This News – and this from Chris Wray. As more Democrats get confirmed the truth can only get louder.

Now This News (from Oz) – Something positive (no sound)

Cole and Marmalade – 7 Signs That Cats Are Scientists

Beau on What can be learned from Cuomo. (SO refreshing to hear this from a man!)

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Video Thread 2/24/21

 Posted by at 2:30 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Feb 242021
 

The Lincoln Project – The “New” Republican Party –

Meidas Touch Podcast with Malcolm Nance – “Vanilla Isis”

Really American – Flori-duh. Glenn talks more slowly and uses more logic on his own show (Justice Matters) but they’re kind of long.

Justice Matters – See, I told you Glenn could talk more calmly. Of course, that kind of makes it longer. Still under 10 minutes, though.

Beau on Biden Response to Texas

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Video Thread 2/22/2021

 Posted by at 4:37 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Feb 222021
 

Don Winslow Films – anther lie from Lindsey

Really American – Ron Johnson – OMG

Now This News – Florida – Hey, I canfeel where they are coming from – but they are still wrong (not that Florida’s government officials have any moral high ground here. They don’t.)

Now This News – Fighting back against substandard medical care based on race.

Robert Reich – Unrigging the GOP’s Minority Rule

Jesse Dollmore – This is long and a bit repetetive, but it is also the first I have heard of any suggestion – at least any sworn suggestion – that the Secret Service was involved in the January 6 insurrection.

Beau – Forecasting for the GOP with at least one interesting takeaway

This is a petition to Missouri, but you don’t have to live there to sign it. It happily took my signature with my real address.

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Open Thread – 2/11/2021

 Posted by at 11:23 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Feb 112021
 

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  Store to Door is delivering groceries, and I have to unpack and put them away.  Tomorrow my hospital appointment is later than normal, so Wendy will be here first thing in the morning to give me my shower.  Then I dress, and we head to the hospital in the blizzard.  I hope to return mid to late afternoon, at which time, I’ll be completely exhausted.  Portland is under a Winter Storm Warning with 10″ or more of snow forecast to accumulate between now and Saturday afternoon.  Tomorrow expect only a brief Personal Update.  I’ll try to add a home safe comment when I return.  Have a great day.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:23 (average 7:14).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From Alternet: As other networks airing Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial on Wednesday showed chilling new video footage of the deadly January 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol incited by the former president, Fox News opted to cut away to cover different stories.

How vile! God forbid that the fools, who watch the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, should get to see what really happened!  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (NBC News Channel): Day 2 Of Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial In The Senate

 

This video is 11 hours long, and I put it here so you can skip through it for parts you may want to see.  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): California Dreamin’

 

Ah… the memories!  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

Build the Future. It Belongs to YOU!!

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Open Thread – 2/10/2021

 Posted by at 10:57 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Feb 102021
 

It’s a better day here in the CatBox.  I need to get as much rest as possible, because Friday is my infusion day at the hospital, so I’m not sure what I’ll do tomorrow.  I will definitely have just a short Personal Update on Friday.  Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:36 (average 5:20).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump’s defense lawyers stunned the United States Senate on Tuesday by acknowledging that their client had incited the Capitol riot, but only because his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, made him do it.

The Senate listened in astonished silence as Trump’s lawyers coldly and methodically hurled Kushner under the bus.

Bruce Castor, one of Trump’s lead attorneys, claimed that the ex-President had been reluctant to speak to the angry mob of supporters on January 6th, and did so only after Kushner assured him, “What could possibly go wrong?”

Dang, Andy! Maybe Jared really did make him do it. That’s credible if you believe that Bears never, ever shit in the woods.  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (NBC News Channel): Watch: Day 1 of Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial In Senate

 

This video is 7.5 hours long, and I put it here so you can move around within it and see parts you want.  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (Daily Kos Channel): Democrats present damning video to begin Trump’s impeachment trial for Jan. 6, 2021

 

I understand that most Senate Republicans evaded watching the video. The American people need to see this again, and again, and again, and again!  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Wild Horses – Rolling Stones

 

Ah… the memories!  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

Build the Future. It Belongs to YOU!!

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Video Thread 2/9/2021

 Posted by at 3:33 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Feb 092021
 

So OK – this is the video that the impeachment managers showed to Congress. It’s ~ 13.5 minutes and quite dramatic

And here is Raskin’s statement. Hanky alert.

Vote Vets

The Lincoln Project “Don’t Be Distracted”

Meidas Touch podcast

Really American – Overly optimistic, but if it changes any votes, all to the good.

Now This News. One seldom gets such a clear example, and it’s helpful to have one on hand.

Robert Reich – Picked this up yesterday, but thought I’d wait to make sure you didn’t use it first.

Beau – Yes, we need each other. I’m a reformist, and a big part of that is because I have seen that, over time, incremental reform changes hearts and minds. Matbe not fast enough – OK, definitely not fast enough – but enough to change the orientation of state and federal governments, because enough people have moves that the politics needs to move too (and then it will need to move farther.) But without the revolutionaries (I think I might say visionaries) – he’s right, I might not know why or how.

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